Premier League

Ollie 'gobsmacked' by Seasiders progress

05/10/2010 13:39 +0100

The Seasiders finished 19th in the Championship in the summer of
2008, the time when Leicester parted company with Holloway after
relegation. One year later Holloway was named Blackpool boss and
despite inheriting a team that finished in 16th place, he guided
them to promotion at the first time of asking. Many expected
Blackpool to be the Premier League's whipping boys, but, to their
credit, they have held their own and secured one of their most
famous wins last weekend after beating Liverpool at Anfield.
Holloway is one of the game's characters, but even he is surprised
as just how far Blackpool have come during his short successful
reign in charge. "I am absolutely gobsmacked with this football
club and how we've made progress," he told The Gazette. "I am
gobsmacked by the boys - the people they are, how hard they are
working and how much they care about others, not just themselves.
It all bodes well for the future. "What we don't want to do is let
any outsiders in who aren't like-minded. And I don't want any fans
coming along who expect us to start winning because they are wrong
and shouldn't expect. "Our skill and our strength is that we don't
expect. Expectations cause problems. They cause people to be
frightened and give the ball away. "My boys showed no fear because
we've got great fans who don't put us under that sort of pressure.
"Maybe we put ourselves under pressure at times, then we lose to
the likes of Blackburn, but we've got to keep bouncing back and
goodness gracious me did we do that against Liverpool."

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